As North Korea fueled a multistage rocket Thursday for its threatened satellite launch, President Obama promised a "stern" response and Japan vowed to press for an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council.

Annual incidents of trafficking and mishandling of nuclear and other radioactive material reported to U.S. intelligence officials have more than doubled since the early 1990s, says the director of domestic nuclear detection at the Department of Homeland Security.

As a wrecker starts chomping at Detroit Metro Airport's Davey Terminal today, many passengers who have slogged through the terminal's crowds and taken the long walk down Davey's dreaded Concourse C say good riddance.

Plans are underway to enhance systems that track and identify satellites and bring them down. China is also trying to develop ground-based systems. Meanwhile some scientists are doubting the claims and say that there is no evidence to suggest China will deploy anti-satellite systems.

In her small voice, her words tinged with her native Portuguese, Teresa Heinz Kerry talks about personal things. How proud she is to "share with you my family" two of her three sons and husband John Kerry, the Democratic presidential candidate.